Nile raises $11.6M in seed funding to build a Postgres-powered data layer for SaaS applications

January 30, 2024

SaaS needs a new data system. That’s the driving idea behind Nile, a startup that aims to create this data system with serverless Postgres at its core. Co-founded by Sriram Subramanian, the former head of cloud engineering at Confluent, and Gwen Shapira, the former engineering lead for the Kafka team at Confluent, Nile is building […]

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TikTok tests a feature that would bring TikTok Shop links to more videos

January 30, 2024

TikTok is experimenting with a feature that has the ability to make all posts on the app shoppable, as first reported by Bloomberg. The move is part of the company’s plans to turn TikTok Shop into a multi-billion dollar e-commerce business in the United States. TikTok confirmed that the feature is currently in limited testing, […]

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Reading the fine print of Apple’s DMA rules: 25 things app developers need to know

January 30, 2024

Apple last week announced new rules for EU app developers to comply with new regulation, the  Digital Markets Act (DMA). After being designated as a “gatekeeper,” the EU required Apple to make changes to increase competition in the app industry, including by offering new ways to download apps from outside the App Store, new frameworks […]

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Inngest raises $6.1M as it expands its workflow engine

January 30, 2024

Inngest, a startup that makes it easier for developers to build and manage serverless backends, today announced that it has raised a $6.1 million funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with follow-on investments from GGV, Afore Capital and Vercel CEO and co-founder Guillermo Rauch, who all participated in the company’s $3 million seed round. At […]

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Why the world’s biggest EV maker is getting into shipping

January 30, 2024
Earlier this month, a massive ship picked up over 5,000 electric cars from two ports in northern and southern China. Five days later, it passed through Singapore, and it is now headed for India. However, its final destination is in Europe, where most of the cars will be sold.  The ship’s name is BYD Explorer…